Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-03
CONDENSED NEWS.

Work on the Illinois Centrars great bridge
at Cairo, H., has been begun. and is going
forward rapidly.
The French government is about to issue
large 3 per cent loan for the redemption of
outstanding As per cents, and to meet other
obligations
On sixty-two of the principal railroads in
the country, in July, the gross earnings per
mile exceeded by 90 per cent. the earnings
for July. 1886
At Lima, Ohio, an oil company has been
formed to market the product OF the wells
without the aid of the Standard monopoly.
The company has a capital of S5O,OO.
Seven persons accused of murder are in the
Chicago Jail, awaiting action OF the grand
iury. Ten already indicted murderers are to
be tried at the September term OF the Grim
inal court.
Timothy Goggin was fined $50 by Chi
cago Justice Friday for beating his mother
because she would not give him her property
Chicago justices seem TO go little lame in
such cases sometimes.
On the charge of bigamously marrying a
woman in Cleveland, taking s2,oo0 from her,
and then going back with the plumber t.
| the PARTNER of his joys in Chicago, Arnold
| Goetz was held IN s. 900 bail in Chicago Fri
day.
| Near Lebanon, Ohio, at , a. m on Thurs
| day, Instructions We're found on the railway
| over which an excursion train of eleven cars
| and 800 passengers was to pass. The obJec
was supposed to be robbery. Nobody was
hurt
Two months ago the ''lawabiding' people
of Paramount, Ind. used dynamite III blowing
IN a building intended TO he used as sa
loon The owner ereetcd another house, bu
the people on Thursday night tore 1t down
piiing the material in the street
Chief Dorval, of the Quebec fire brigade
refuses so sent him for his men by the Do
mnion government for their services at III
citadel fire, and threatens that they will nc
again risk their lives to save government
property If their services are valued
cheaply.
In Cincinnati Friday morning Frank Ham
moud. butcher, was found dying near tn
stock wards, beside the dead body of Lizzl
Tate. a widow. The pair once ran away {
| Chicago, but Hammond soon returned TO hi
wife 1t is supposed lie fist shot the "ido
and then himself
Wine manufacturers in New Y ork, WI
have been producing the best champagne b
, squirting carbonic acid into common ehea
wines, threaten TO fight the new state Law
which prohibits all doetoring, adulteratiol
: or manufacture of wines in which any M
teriaIs other than water, sugar, and graz
1 | brandy are used.
\ The 3s4 carriers employed by the Chlcae
postoffice delivered in August ,, l9I, 2l9 lie
| ters a., 622 registered letters, 235,5l4 post
: cards, aud S,4l5,9l0 newspapers, etc. II
: | collections of mail matter for the month we
4. 1u9 go letters. 9N2 40 local letters, 3l5, 4
a local cards. l. 4t2 $40 mail cards, and 2,5E
Pa newspapers.
Self defense is one of the deadliest maladi
L now prevailing in Kentucky. Not long al
p, Ell Cooley, living near Lancaster, while su
L fering from the disease killed George Sec
with an AK He bad another attack on Thu
y day night when two brothers named Gree
l. being inspired ''y kenlucky's tavorito bev'
IL age, fired their pistols at him. Cooley COO
returned the little attention with shotg
: and revolver One Green was killed and
10 other fatally wounded Mr., Cooley is j.
IT now convalescent, but relapse into Sc
defense may overcome him at any time,